Detroit Beach’s public schools score below 61% of Michigan districts
The public schools Detroit Beach’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
The short version on Detroit Beach’s schools
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Detroit Beach’s schools beat 39% of districts. Among the 1,177 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 18%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Detroit Beach shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Detroit Beach’s path is shared: Sodt Elementary School, North Elementary School, Jefferson Middle School and Jefferson High School. From grade 1, they’re joined by students from Frenchtown. The high school earns the best grade on the path (B); the middle school earns the lowest (C). See the path ↓
Graduation holds up better than test scores
Test scores run well below the state, but 82% of students still graduate on time. That’s only 1 point under the state average of 83%.
Average results for less money
Detroit Beach spends 14% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Detroit Beach compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Michigan only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Detroit Beach.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Detroit Beach
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
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What Detroit Beach families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Detroit Beach
There’s no college in Detroit Beach, but 16 are within 30 miles. The closest is Monroe County Community College in Monroe, 7.4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Detroit Beach. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 6 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Michigan. Stars are from neighbors.